Constant crying.
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This is my daughter at the minute and it’s driving me nuts. Like what have you possibly got to be so upset about. Yesterday she was full on crying because she said it was raining outside (it wasn’t) I said it wasn’t raining it had stopped. Then the crying started. Like why 🫠
Mine used to do that. I then started to pretend crying myself. That got her to stop. And laugh. And then she'll do it again. Every time she did it, I would stop her and say... Ah OK, now it's my turn... Then I'd cry. If someone else is in the room, I said now it's, their turn too... And they cry. And when we are all done, I say, now you can cry again. Usually she stops or pretend a little and then it's over. I then say, so next time, don't cry. Tell me what you want. If you cry, I want to cry too and then I can't help you. But if you tell me what you want, then I can help you better. For example, she used to cry when a song plays on the radio and she doesn't like that song.. I said to her ooohhh that's the problem, I didn't know that. So next time when you don't like a song, don't cry, just say mommy I don't like that song, please skip it.
So I didn't just tell her to stop crying. She heard what it sounds like and I stopped her in her tracks. But most importantly I pointed out what she does want and how to ask for what she wants in the future. I hope this helps you. Ps. It doesn't happen Iver night and you have to repeat it quite a few times before they get it but eventually they do. So hang in there and keep repeating!!! Good luck!
My 3 year old cries way more than my baby 😅 it’s hard work some days. We’re trying to get her to use her words to describe how she’s feeling eg she’ll be trying to put her shoes on and can’t do so will start crying, so we encourage her to say “I’m feeling frustrated as I can’t do it myself” and to ask for help or whatever. Sometimes it helps, I’m hoping it’s just a phase though. The days are long sometimes 😂
Why* are you crying?!! Not 'What'